Tickets for UFC 180 in Mexico City: $27 in the door, $535 to get cageside

The UFC’s debut in Mexico seems to have ticket prices to fit just about any budget.

Tickets for UFC 180, which take place Nov. 15 at Mexico City Arena in Mexico City, go on sale today at 11 a.m. ET (10 a.m. CT local time).

The main card, which features a slew of new matchups that the UFC announced on Tuesday, airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.

To get in the door for the event, which features a headliner between heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez (13-1 MMA, 11-1 UFC) and Brazilian submission specialist Fabricio Werdum (18-5-1 MMA, 6-2 UFC), attendees need to dish out 350 pesos (approximately $27).

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